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Nury Martinez Resigns As LA City Council President Following Audio of Racist Comments

October 10, 2022 2:02 pmOctober 10, 2022 2:02 pm

Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez resigned as President of the Council on Monday following the weekend reveal of leaked audio featuring multiple negative racial comments and slurs by Martinez and fellow City Council members Kevin de Leon and...

Leaked Audio: Latino LA City Council Members Martinez, Cedillo, de León Make Racist Remarks, Mock Council Colleagues

October 9, 2022 9:54 pmOctober 12, 2022 11:11 am

Three Latino members of the Los Angeles City Council and a labor official held a conversation in October 2021 that included racist remarks, derisive statements about their colleagues, the Daily Mail reported. LA Council President Nury Martinez is recorded saying...

LA City Council Unanimously Votes To End Citywide Eviction Moratorium

October 4, 2022 6:31 pm

In an unanimous 12-0 vote on Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted to officially end the city-wide eviction moratorium that had been in place since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on February 1, 2023. Since 2020, landlords have fought...

LA City Council Committee Recommends End to Eviction Moratorium For January 2023

September 29, 2022 4:38 pm

The Los Angeles City Council Ad Hoc Committee on COVID-19 Recovery and Neighborhood Investment voted 4-0 on Wednesday on a recommendation to end all remaining eviction moratoriums in the city no later than January 31, 2023. Since 2020, landlords have fought...

Three LA Homeless Agencies Failed To Spend $150 Million in Federal Grants

September 26, 2022 4:40 pmSeptember 27, 2022 12:35 pm

According to reports coming out during the weekend, three Los Angeles County homeless agencies responsible with reducing homelessness in the LA area failed to spend around $150 million in federal grants between 2015 and 2020, a figure that would have...

Energy Poverty Coming with Bill to Require 3,200-foot Setbacks Around Oil and Gas Wells

August 30, 2022 2:50 amAugust 29, 2022 7:26 pm

Senate Bill 1137, gut-and-amend legislation by Democrat Senators Lena Gonzalez and Monique Limón, would require 3,200-foot mandatory setbacks around California oil and gas wells. Really disconcerting is “the bill would authorize the State Air Resources Board, and the State Water Resources...

LA City Council Passes Ordinance Banning Homeless Near Schools, as Protesters Shutting Down Meeting

August 10, 2022 12:12 pmAugust 10, 2022 12:25 pm

The Los Angeles City Council’s vote to extend a ban on homeless encampments nearby schools and daycare centers on Tuesday was interrupted by protesters who barge past security checkpoints, leading to arrests, injuries, and the vote being delayed for an...